Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1427: Zerka Temple (3)

The Department of Light of the Imperial Palace in Golden City was in charge of the safety of the floating island and the imperial family. This time, Lucy went to Planet Evernight. The Academy of Light has set up an emergency response team to provide technical support to the Royal Daughter and her party when needed. Every hour, the coordinates of the four starships would be fed back. The data would be entered into the Imperial Court's database by Wise Brain. Since it was not confidential, the coordinates would only be kept confidential. Even so, only those at the supervisory level or above were qualified to read it.

Baron Yekka, who was in charge of the House of Light, had the right to do so. He was Marquis Rowan's nephew, and Lucy's whereabouts had been leaked by him using his authority. Of course, Luo Wen didn't tell him what his intentions were, otherwise he wouldn't dare to do so even if he gave Ye Ka ten courage.

Before the baron could rest for a while, he received a secret message from Rowan. Looking at the request in the message, Ye Ka frowned and clicked a few times. However, he still opened his brain and climbed onto the database interface. After going through a few necessary procedures, he got the latest coordinate data of Lucy's group. Not long after sending the data, Zhi Nao prompted him to add a sizeable amount of income to his private account, which made Ye Ka's brows knit together.

In less than five minutes, Yi Lu had received the latest coordinate information from the starship filled with mercenaries on Evernight. He rubbed his bald head and said, "The noble lord is quite efficient. Then what are we waiting for? Let's move, bastards."

The starship turned into a ray of light and flew away.

A few rubble rolled to the ground, knocking out a desolate echo. Lucy walked down the stone bridge and frowned. Beside her, Marquis Mainne did not have that kind of warm smile on his face. He opened the brain screen on his wrist, which was filled with messy lines. Marquis Mainne sighed and said, "Electronic equipment is no longer usable here. The geomagnetic chaos here is too severe. Even communications are interfered with. Everyone, don't go too far away so as to avoid getting lost."

Not only were communications and electronics interfered with, but even Lucy's and the others' perceptions were thrown into chaos. If they closed their eyes, they wouldn't even be able to sense the aura of the people beside them.

'"Everyone, please follow me closely after entering the Imperial City. If you are not careful, you will scatter and try your best to remain quiet. There are still Night Demons roaming the Imperial City. I don't think they are the kind of people who are hospitable." Morodo gestured and walked ahead.

Lucy and Mainne followed behind him, Angeloni behind the mat, and the rest of the soldiers spread out to maintain their defensive formation. After crossing the stone bridge, one could see the city walls and gates of Sulaka. No matter how glorious the city had been in the past, now, sections of the city walls had collapsed on the ground, and even the city gates had disappeared into the rubble. Everyone could only see piles of rocks, and with the wind and sand covering their eyes, Sulaka was like a huge and desolate grave welcoming the arrival of the people.

After flipping through the rubble and entering the inner part of the imperial city, the desolation of this place formed a huge gap with the appearance of the people. Looking from afar, one could imagine the magnificence of the city from the silhouettes of those ancient buildings. However, when they truly stepped into the Imperial City, they knew that Sulaka was almost buried in the dust of time. There were no so-called streets in the city, and the roads were buried by gravel. There was only the upper half of the building left, and the lower ones only revealed the top floor or two, like bungalows in a desolate town.

The ancient buildings were filled with the eccentric style of alien civilizations, and it was clear that the native aesthetic of Evernight was distinctly different from that of Adahua Planet. At least Lucy could not see the beauty of the spikes and awkward doors and windows. No matter what, these buildings were like skeletons in the desert. Their bodies, souls, and bodies had long decayed.

The buildings fell to the ground, and some of them directly touched each other, causing ruins to be seen everywhere. Lucy, Mainne, and the others could only see the ruins, but Morodo's eyes shone. Occasionally, he would pick up some small things from the ruins and throw them into his collection chest.

Lucy interrupted him helplessly while Moroto was chanting with a metal disc, "Mr. Moroto, please don't forget the purpose of our trip. I absolutely respect your research spirit, but now I think it's more important to arrive at the Temple of Zerka as soon as possible. Can you tell me how long it will take to reach the Temple?"

Moroto glanced at her and squatted down. He drew a circle on the sand beneath his feet with a finger and said, "The natives of Eternal Night worship circles. Of course, this symbol of perfection is worshipped in many planetary civilizations. Simply put, the imperial city of Sulaka is a huge circle, and the blocks inside it are big circles and small circles. "

The scholar drew a few circles and then said in the middle, "The Temple of Zerca, their spiritual symbol, is situated in the middle of the Imperial City." The Imperial City's terrain was the highest at the middle point, and the lower the terrain was, the lower the terrain was. The Imperial City had multiple platforms, and it could be said that each platform was a block. They seemed to be divided into different classes by platforms. The nobler the person, the higher the platform. As for the temple, it was undoubtedly on the highest platform in the middle. It was worth mentioning that the imperial palace in Sulaka was a platform shorter than the temple, so it seemed that the royal power was still under the divine power. We can imagine that the priests of the temple must have received unparalleled respect in the glory of the capital. "

Hearing that, Mainne gestured to the two soldiers. The two soldiers understood and climbed up a towering building nearby. A moment later, he pointed to the west and said, "My lord, there seems to be a mountain in that direction. However, the sandstorm is too strong, and the equipment has lost its function, so it is impossible to observe it carefully."

Moroto nodded and said, "You should be looking at Sacred Mountain Athos. It is behind the palace, and its summit is the tallest platform in Sulaka. The Temple of Zerca is on it."

Mainne narrowed his eyes and said, "Then let's set the direction and take a straight path."

"Theoretically, that's the case." At the end of Moroto's words, a scalp-numbing scream suddenly sounded from a building above them. The scholar looked up and saw a gray figure climbing out of a pitch-black window of the building. It hung on the outer wall like a gecko, let out another scream, and swiftly swam down. Moroto took a deep breath and said, "It's the Night Demons? Impossible. They haven't appeared at the edge of the Imperial City yet."

"Everything has its first time, sir." Mainne shouted, "Thorn Thorn, prepare for battle!"